Toilet-disinfecting apparatus.



Patented Aug. 6, 190i.

L. C. SCHONEMA-N. 4 TOILET DISINFEGTING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Apr. 2. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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LEON C. SCHONEMAN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOILET-DJSINFECTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680, 7 dated A g 1901-Application filed April 2, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEON O. SCHONEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet-DisinfectingApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in toilet-disinfecting apparatus;and the object of my invention is to produce a simple, cheap, andefficient apparatus of this kind.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a cross-section of a vessel orbowl having my improvements applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a perspectiveView showing the receptacle for the disinfectant material and the clipfor holding the same in position in the bowl.

(t represents the bowl, of the ordinary or any common pattern, providedwith a flushing-rim b. A clip is designed to fit over the outside of therim 5 of the bowl and to hold the receptacle in place. This clip has twooutwardly-curved ends 61 and 2, designed to fit on the outside of theflushing-rim b. It has two horizontal portions f and g, which extendover the flushing-rim, two vertical portions 0 and h, extending down infront of the flushing-rim, and two backwardly-extending portions e' andj, connected by a horizontal portion is, the whole clip being preferablymade of a single wire bent as indicated above. On the horizontal portion7a is supported the receptacle for the disinfectant material. Thisreceptacle consists of a body Z, preferably oval in form, provided withperforations m in the sides and bottom thereof. The rear side of thisreceptacle is extended up for a considerable distance, forming anextension, the central part n of which is cut and bent down, the upperpart forming a cylindrical portion 0, which fits over the part of theclip. The bending down of this central portion leaves two projectingcars 10 and q. The lower corners of these projecting ears are Serial No.54,102. (No model.)

bent up, as shown at 7" and 3, thus forming two inclined channels, whichare directed toward each other and toward the center of the receptacle.Owing to the shape of the clip, the receptacle is necessarily held incontact with the side of the bowl, and the ears p and q are thereforebrought directly under the perforations in the flushing-rim. This is afeature of considerable importance in myinvention.

Another important feature is the inclined channels formed by the bent-up corners 'r and 8. These features are of importance for the followingreasons: The receptacle when sold is usually filled with disinfectantmaterial t up as far as the holes m. When the water is directed throughthe rim 1), the extending ears 1) and q catch a portion of it, and thechannels formed by the bent-up corners 1' and s direct the water, whichis caught in two con- 7 verging streams, over the top of the disinfectant material t. This directing together of two converging streams isa feature of the highest importance in my invention, for the reason thatit causes the disinfectant mate rial to be worn away or dissolved by thewater.

By experience I have found that unless some positive means is used forcausing the water to circulate over the surface of the disinfectantmaterial the latter will not wear away in sufiicient quantity to producethe disinfecting effect; which is very disadvantageous. By my apparatusthe wear of the disinfectant material is practically effected over thewhole upper surface thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a toilet-disinfecting apparatus, the combination with a bowl,means for flushing said bowl, a supporting-clip and a receptacle fordisinfectant material, said receptacle being provided with ears andbent-up portions forming channels.

2. In a toilet-disinfecting apparatus, the combination with asupporting-clip and a receptacle carried thereby, said receptacle beingprovided with perforated sides with rear two projecting ears, the lowercorners of said extensions and with bent-up corners forming ears beingbent up to form inclined channels. [0

channels inclined toward each other. I In testimony whereof I affix mysignature 3. In a toilet-disinfecting apparatus, a re-' in presence oftwo Witnesses. 5 ceptacle consisting of a perforated body por- I LEON C.SCHONEMAN.

tion having at its rear an extension, the cen- Witnesses: ter part ofsaid extension being bent down EDITH N. EVERTS,

for attachment to a suitable support, leaving J. W. DARLEY, Jr.

